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Why are drug dealers still using an easily trackable phone number for communication? Why not a 3rd party messaging and voice app like Matrix/Element? Am I inc
by Rufhfhs3747rhe7 4y ago
Why are drug dealers still using an easily trackable phone number for communication? Why not a 3rd party messaging and voice app like Matrix/Element? Am I incorrect in assuming that local police would not be able to easily track it?
- orthoxerox 4y agoMost criminals aren't very smart.
- dredmorbius 4y agoMost criminals who are caught aren't very smart. Sampling bias in the extreme.
- lucb1e 4y agoA common response to why criminals sometimes do stupid things, but I haven't actually ever seen this substantiated.
- throwaway48375 4y agoYou are going to miss out on potential sales asking people to download and figure out some weird app and honestly the likelihood of getting caught is pretty low. I know people who have been selling drugs without even so much as changing numbers for many years. Also even using these apps you are still on the cell network and there are methods for determining your phone number / IMSI. You wouldn't be immune to this type of tracking.